Saudi Arabia on Wednesday signed a defense pact with its longtime ally Pakistan, a move clearly inspired by Israel’s strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar last week.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), the de facto chief executive of Saudi Arabia, signed the defense pact in Riyadh on Wednesday with visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif.

A joint statement from the Saudi and Pakistani Foreign Ministries said the agreement “aims to develop aspects of defense cooperation between the two countries and strengthen joint deterrence against any aggression.”

The joint statement, and the pact itself, did not specifically mention the Israeli airstrike on Doha, Qatar, last Tuesday, but the strike was the number one topic of conversation at a joint emergency summit of the A

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